|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
|
Product Description
From Publishers Weekly
Readers of hooks's prolific body of work on feminism, racism, cultural politics, art and education will find much that is familiar here. Grounded in autobiography and storytelling and written for an intelligent lay audience, these essays exhort readers to keep up the struggle in difficult times. A distinguishing characteristic of hooks's work is the challenge to recognize, confront and overcome "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy," a recurring phrase that captures her hallmark theme: oppression occurs at the intersections of race, gender and the dominant economic system. This work updates her thinking with post-September 11 reflections on domination and hope, and contains refreshingly original thinking about spirituality, family values and even erotic relationships between professors and students. hooks, a self-defined "[l]eftist dissident feminist black intellectual," embodies the clash of 20th-century cultural politics. She writes candidly about her own racially segregated youth, her struggles to overcome discrimination in the academic workplace and her efforts to find common ground with white feminists. hooks's voice is unique in that she manages to balance a relentless critique of oppressive forces in society with the open invitation to participate in "beloved communities where there is no domination." Containing more inspiration than concrete strategies, the book may leave practicing teachers wanting more in the way of specifics about how to practice antiracist pedagogy, transform classrooms and bring about a just society. But the author's clear and consistent voice for progressive, democratic education adds an important dimension to society's thinking about shared values and the creation of a loving and fair community.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Hooks brings passion and an updated perspective from her Teaching to Transgress (1994) to this challenging look at the failings of educational institutions and how we can bring hope and renewal to teaching. Drawing on her own experiences, she melds anecdote, autobiography, and critical analysis in an exploration of a range of issues, from educational standards to the unchallenged use of education in support of "capitalist patriarchy." For truly effective education, she advocates partnerships between students and teachers and the expansion of teaching beyond school settings to include community organizations and other more public arenas. Furthermore, noting the reluctance to discuss social injustices, hooks advocates teaching as an opportunity to confront racial and sexual biases, and to heighten consciousness of students across race, ethnicity, and sexual orientations. In a chapter on the attitudes of whites regarding racism, hooks demonstrates that true racial equality requires profound individual efforts to understand "the truth of our essential humanness." For readers interested in cultural criticism and educational issues, hooks offers her usual thought-provoking viewpoint. Vanessa Bush
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
When contemporary progressive educators all around the nation challenged the way institutionalized systems of domination (race, sex, nationalist imperialism) have, since the origin of public education, used schooling to reinforce dominator values, pedagogical revolution began in college classrooms. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
When contemporary progressive educators all around the nation challenged the way institutionalized systems of domination (race, sex, nationalist imperialism) have, since the origin of public education, used schooling to reinforce dominator values, pedagogical revolution began in college classrooms. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.ca
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
3.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Read about Politics in Education, Nov 14 2009
By S. Lyttle - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (Paperback)
As to be expected, bell hooks uses direct language to talk about the deficiencies in American culture. What I liked about this book is the hopefulness that is possible to change and be an agent of change. She calls it like it is, which can offend some people. This book is a very good read for anyone interested in creating social justice in education.
16 of 22 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Maybe a pinch of salt and a shot of tequila., Sep 18 2006
By Pho BBQ - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (Paperback)
I read the previous review before I read the book. I actually agreed with his take before I read it, except "Teaching Community" starts out mostly about the "Teaching Community", meaning the struggles of being a professor.I think you have to take her opinions with a grain of salt. She was obviously burned out when she wrote this (as you can tell from chapter 2). A lot of the harsh words she uses to describe the environment in America are later explained in later chapters. You see "white supremacist" referred to often, but find out later she also applies it to black people. She is very obviously frustrated about university administrators and the lack of respect her particular discipline receives. Sounds like a lot of professors I've had, especially those teaching non-science and/or psychology.
About the hypocrisy, she also states on page 29 that "In a culture of domination almost everyone engages in behaviors that contradict their beliefs and values." I do get his point though. I'm african american, but I thought some of her statements on race were painful to read. There were some very negative presumptions of others which I found to be gross assumptions although they may have been true in her experience. "Have you ever had a black woman speak to you for thirty minutes" seemed a strange request.
Yet, she is very intelligent and although I found this work to be a bit of personal and cathartic exercise for her it also provided many insights (though few solutions) on the student and teacher relationship. It also provided a few gems on serving others.
If you could see through her issues with men and I'm sure the white faculty at her university, there were many truths on race.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Truth, Feb 24 2012
By GoMi - Published on Amazon.com
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (Paperback)
This book by Bell Hooks is absolutely fantastic! She is great at using her personal narratives to convey the mentality of U.S. higher education faculty in a manner that encourages one to pursue professorial teaching as a privilege and purposeful development of students first before anything. Great read for anyone who plans/attends a college university.
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > African American
- Books > New & Used Textbooks
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > Education Theory > Aims & Objectives
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > Education Theory > Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > Instruction Method
- Books > Nonfiction > Education > Pedagogy
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Anthropology > Cultural
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Sociology > Culture
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups > African-American Studies
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups > Ethnic Studies
- Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Special Groups > Minority Studies
- Books > Professional & Technical > Education > Pedagogy
- Books > Professional & Technical > Education > Theory > Aims & Objectives
- Books > Professional & Technical > Education > Theory > Philosophy & Social Aspects
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
